Epermenia albapunctella

Epermenia albapunctella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Epermeniidae
Genus:	Epermenia
Species:	E. albapunctella
Binomial name
Epermenia albapunctella Busck, 1908[1]

Epermenia albapunctella is a moth in the family Epermeniidae. It was described by August Busck in 1908.[2] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Minnesota, New Brunswick, North Carolina, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania and Quebec.[3][4]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are dark fuscous, mottled with lighter fuscous and with black and brown scales. There is an ill-defined, broad, blackish fascia across the middle of the wing, preceded and followed by lighter patches. There is a round white dot at the end of the cell, preceded and followed by a black longitudinal dash. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[1]

The larvae feed on Osmorhiza occidentalis, Ligusticum scoticum and Heracleum species.[5]

References

1. Busck, A. (1908). "Descriptions of some new microlepidoptera from Pennsylvania". The Canadian Entomologist. 40: 193–196 [195].
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Epermenia albapunctella​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
3. "520006.00 – 2328 – Epermenia albapunctella – Busck, 1908". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
4. Gaedike, Reinhard (2008). "New species and records of the Nearctic Epermeniidae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 151: 57–64.
5. Entz, Chuck (July 8, 2011). "Species Epermenia albapunctella - Hodges#2328". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved June 22, 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.